2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2019 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 8 through 11, 2019 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn was the winner of the American Athletic Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds All teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 5–12 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1‡# - Connecticut16–028–22# - UCF13–324–53# - Cincinnati12–420–94# - Houston9–715–145South Florida7–916–141–0 vs. TEM6Temple 7–911–180–1 vs. USF7Tulsa6–1012–171–1 vs Temple8East Carolina6–1015–140–1 vs Temple9SMU5–1111–183–2 vs WSU/Memphis/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF10Wichita State5–1112–173–2 vs SMU/Memphis/Tulane, 0–1 vs USF11Memphis5–1110–192–3 vs SMU/WSU/Tulane, 1–0 vs USF12Tulane5–1115–142–3 vs SMU/WSU/Memphis, 0–2 vs USF‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Friday, March 811 12:00 PM No. 12 Tulane vs. No. 5 South Florida 52–61ESPN33,9592 2:00 PM No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 East Carolina 48–50OT23 6:00 PM No. 10 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Tulsa 50–613,2174 8:00 PM No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 6 Temple 59–58 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 935 12:00 PM No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 4 Houston 72–55ESPN35,9356 2:00 PM No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 1 Connecticut 65–9247 6:00 PM No. 7 Tulsa vs. No. 2 UCF 54–663,2438 8:00 PM No. 11 Memphis vs. No. 3 Cincinnati 48–68 Semifinals – Sunday, March 1059 4:00 PM No. 5 South Florida vs. No. 1 Connecticut 45–81 ESPN25,87210 6:30 PM No. 2 UCF vs. No. 3 Cincinnati 66–58 ESPNU Championship – Monday, March 11611 7:00 PM No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 2 UCF 66–45 ESPN2 6,001 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime

See also

2019 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

References